Novels like The Yin-Yang Inn
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- 101 Forbidden Burial Ground 阴坟禁地 The beautiful female corpse in the yin grave turns out to have been my wife in a previous life... In this life, a female Taoist priest has taken a liking to me. The beautiful female corpse and the sexy Taoist priestess in fishnet stockings are fighting over me? How am I supposed to choose...? 3Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 102 Strange Feng Shui Affairs 风水异事 My grandfather is a feng shui master. While he was away, a woman came looking for him. After I greeted her, I saw purple-black veins of blood on her face, writhing on their own… 1.5kReads8.8Score484Shelves
- 103 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 210Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 104 The Great Master of the Ma Yi School 麻衣大相师 I was born on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. My grandfather, a feng shui master, never let me go outside after dark when I was little. Then one day, he had to leave the house… 243Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 105 Horror Livestream: The Whole Nation Watches Me Catch Ghosts Live 恐怖直播：全民看我在线捉鬼 Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world plagued by strange phenomena, where all manner of demons and ghosts have appeared. Everyone has entered an age of horror livestream challenges. After being bound to a System, Chen Feng easily becomes the first person to win nine consecutive challenges! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a thousand-year-old zombie. Reward: one powerful virility pill!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a painted-skin long-tongued ghost. Reward: one 65Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 106 Bride of the Vengeful Ghost: The Haunted Antique Shop 猛鬼新娘：通灵古董屋 I'm the owner of an ordinary antique shop. By a twist of fate, I came into possession of an ancient jade pendant. Ever since then, a beautiful woman has been slipping silently into my dreams every night... 259Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 107 Nothing Is Forbidden: Keep Your Distance from the Living 百无禁忌之生人勿近 The year I graduated from college, I went on a road trip through Yunnan with a few of my dormmates. After we got lost, we stumbled upon a strange little village. The people there looked so bizarre that they didn’t seem human at all… After we returned from that village, one strange thing after another began to happen! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 It Was Supposed to Be a Tomb-Guarding Show, but You Awakened a Qilin Tattoo 说好守墓节目，你竟觉醒麒麟纹身 After Ye Qiu transmigrates, he obtains a god-tier legacy System and is selected for a wildly popular online program dedicated to promoting and passing down China's ancient professions, many of which are gradually disappearing! Tomb guardians, pearl divers, corpse drivers, knife lenders, feng shui masters... They all reappear in the world, one after another. From the start, Ye Qiu guards the tomb of Qin Shi Huang. He awakens a qilin tattoo and wields a black-gold ancient saber as he protects the 2Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 109 Peering into Immortality: The Eye That Sees Through Illusions 窥仙：破妄之眼 Gu Xian, a college student, never imagined that his closest roommate would vanish completely from everyone's memories overnight. His classmates don't remember him, he's missing from the photos, and even their social media history has been erased. Gu Xian is the only person in the world who remembers that he ever existed. At that moment, a pale blue-white light blazed in Gu Xian's eyes. He saw another face of the world: the hidden realm of cultivation, concealed beneath ordinary cities and foreve —Reads—Score182Shelves
- 110 I Was a Paper Effigy Maker, Now I Rule the Underworld 扎纸匠的我，成了地府大佬 Xu Bannian transmigrates to Nanqing, a land ravaged by war and ruled by eerie gods, and becomes a paper effigy maker in the Soul-Calming Bureau. By crafting paper figures, he repairs the souls of the dead. In these chaotic times, Xu Bannian wants nothing more than to make paper figures in peace, listen to songs at the pleasure quarters, walk his dog, play with his birds, and freeload... Who would have thought he’d end up crafting the Black and White Impermanence, the Ten Kings of Hell, City God 45Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 111 Eerie Revival: It's Pretty Awkward When You Possess Me Like This 诡异复苏：你这样附身我很尴尬的 [Urban, supernatural, ghost control, lighthearted, Chinese-style horror, sensible characters] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? My world is quietly changing! It all began when I saw a ghost hand eating a person... Ghost buses, ghost hands, blood-red ghost weddings, a bride in painted skin, terrifying flyers, scarlet blood coffins, ghost paper effigies, vengeful infants, ghostly yin-yang fish, half-bodied wraiths, the Corpse Ancestor... I can't believe these things actually exist! "H 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Mo Chi Y 墨池Y The inspiration for this novel came from a real supernatural incident involving a residential compound security guard. As cities expand, they inevitably encroach on the homes of the dead. The Dingyuan Estate, where Yao Yan worked as a security guard, had been built on a mass grave abandoned for a thousand years. One late-spring night, deep in the darkness, all was silent beneath a fine drizzle. Suddenly, a girl’s spine-chilling cry for help came from outside the guard booth: “It hurts so much. C 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 I Hosted a Show, and My Identity as a Corpse-Driving Taoist Was Exposed 主持节目，我赶尸人身份被曝光了 A campus interview show. Host Zhou Xiaoyi asked, “Have you ever seen a ghost?” “Heh. What era are we living in? We should believe in science. Of course I've never seen a ghost!” Ye An replied. Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! “Then what did you do after you encountered a ghost?” “Obviously, I ran! It was a ghost. Wouldn't I have to be an idiot not to run?” Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! From that day on, Ye An's identity as a corpse-drivin 31Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 114 Live-Streaming from the Underworld: From the Start, I’m Furiously Talking Back to the King of Hell 我在地府开直播：开局怒怼阎王爷 [Livestreaming + System + Gods and Ghosts + Into Science + Into History] He dies from the start, only to discover his soul was mistakenly taken. He immediately awakens a livestreaming System. He mouths off to the King of Hell, teaches Granny Meng how to make soup, fishes in the River of Forgetfulness, opens a restaurant on the Road to the Underworld, sells cigarettes and liquor in Fengdu City, and searches for loved ones at the Terrace of Looking Homeward... For the sake of his livestream and me 14Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 115 Mystery Revival: A New Beginning 神秘复苏：新的开端 (The pacing is a little slow at first, but it definitely gets good later!) Vicious ghosts roam the world, and people are lost and helpless. The world is changing. There are always those favored by fate, and those blessed with good fortune, but this is only the story of an ordinary person. 12Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 116 You're a Showbiz Streamer, So Why Are You Livestreaming a Ghost Hunt? 你一个娱乐主播，竟然直播去抓鬼 Inside Meng Po's Manor. A ghost guard asked Meng Po Linglong for leave. “My lady, I'd like to take a few days off.” “No, no!” “But I'm really exhausted. I haven't had a day off in over a hundred years. You're exploiting your employees! I quit!” “Are you serious?” “More serious than gold!” “Fine! Drink this bowl of Meng Po Soup, and you can go be reincarnated!” “You promise?” “Of course. When have I ever lied to you?” “Fine! No matter how awful this soup tastes, I'll drink it!” The black-clad gho 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Corpse Collector 接尸人 Do you know what happens to a corpse in a funeral home? Do you know that cremated remains aren't actually made by burning the body? And do you know why funeral home workers never stay long? I'm a corpse collector at a funeral home. Over the years, I've learned many secrets no one talks about, and handled all kinds of bodies: people who hanged themselves, people hacked to pieces, and people whose bodies were mangled after being hit by cars! But to me, they were nothing more than soulless shells, 1.1kReads7.3Score116Shelves
- 118 Weeping Evil 哭邪 People watch over a temple for ten years; the temple watches over them for a lifetime. 114Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 119 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I Become the Disciple of the Thunderbolt Taoist 僵尸世界：开局拜师雷电法王 Lin Bei was reborn in the Republic of China and spent fifteen years there, always thinking it was an ordinary world. Then he saw a Taoist conjure lightning with his bare hands and blast a zombie into a charred corpse. Lin Bei immediately dropped to his knees. The Taoist couldn't get rid of him, so he had no choice but to take him as a disciple. “I am Shi Jian, eldest senior disciple of the inner sect of the Maoshan Sect.” Lin Bei was dumbfounded. Shi Jian? The Thunder Lord from "Mr. Vampire"? Un 80.1kReads7.6Score6.1kShelves
- 120 The Last Corpse Driver 最后一个赶尸人 The dead march on; the living must keep their distance. If they don't, disaster is sure to follow! I'm a corpse driver, and this is my story! 731Reads8.0Score101Shelves
- 121 Resurrection of Evil Spirits in the City 都市之厉鬼复苏 This is the worst of times, but not the best of times. This is an age of idealism, when the ideal triumphs over the material. Evil spirits return, vengeful ghosts emerge, and the world is overrun by demons. There are no Maoshan Taoists, nor are there immortals, gods, Buddhas, or demons. Only ghosts can fight ghosts. Live with ghosts, and dance with them. 142Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 122 Gods and Demons of the Mortal World 人间神魔 Just because we have never seen something does not mean it does not exist. Just because we have heard a legend does not mean it is made up. Our fate must be in our own hands. If the gods tell me to accept my fate, I will shatter the gods. If the demons tell me to bow my head, I will trample their altar. What are gods and demons, anyway? Where are they? All will be revealed in Gods and Demons Among Men! 222Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 123 The Corpse Driver of the Yellow Springs 黄泉赶尸人 My name is Zhang Yijiu, and I’m a corpse walker. When I got my first job, I didn’t dare say a word the whole way. That road had only two living people on it: me and Fatty Fan... 564Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Yin-Yang Judge of Life and Death 阴阳生死判 [Slow-paced story. Enter at your own risk if that’s not your thing.] Remote villages are often home to all kinds of bizarre legends. A hundred ghosts carry a coffin for a thousand miles to deliver a child... The King of Hell calls the roll, then hunts someone down for a thousand miles... These strange events all happen to Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu: “I am the Judge of Life and Death. I’ll handle affairs in the world of the living, and affairs in the underworld too. The laws of the Underworld are strict. Le 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 I Confess! I'm a Ghost Magnet! 我坦白！我是招鬼体质！ I confess! I have a constitution that attracts ghosts! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 The Coffin Bearer 抬棺匠 My family has dealt with the dead for generations. Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a coffin bearer. Before carrying a coffin, I always offer the deceased five incense sticks. When offering incense to the living, three long sticks and two short ones are taboo. When offering incense to the dead, three short sticks and two long ones are taboo. That day, I carried a coffin, and the dead pregnant woman inside gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! [Shh, keep quiet! We’re settin 2.9kReads8.3Score194Shelves
- 127 Uncle Nine: My Magical Pawnshop Accepts Anything 九叔：我有神奇当铺可当万物 [Zombie World + Slow-Burn Power Fantasy + Chuunibyou Protagonist at First + System] (The protagonist starts out as a chuunibyou teenager. Read with caution if that bothers you.) When Ren Xiaolin wakes up, he discovers that he has somehow arrived in a world of zombies, despite having been in the modern world before. Unable to make sense of this bizarre turn of events, Ren Xiaolin is grateful to have obtained a miraculous pawnshop after he transmigrated, giving him a way to survive in the zombie w 733Reads7.0Score115Shelves
- 128 Me! Rebuilding the Underworld in the Mortal Realm 我！在人间重造地府 Jiang Ning transmigrates to a world where ghostly qi has revived. This world has no reincarnation, and no Underworld! The gates of hell stand wide open. The supernatural is everywhere, ghosts roam in droves, and all life is devastated! The gods and Buddhas turn a blind eye, and heaven and earth offer no refuge. Fortunately, he awakens a System, summons the manifestation of the King of Hell, and becomes ruler of the netherworld! Build a hell, recruit yin soldiers, and appoint judges. The Book of 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 129 The Boy in the Hemp Robe 麻衣少年 [Ma Yi Divine Physiognomist, Young Feng Shui Master, Defying Fate] The year I was born, torrential rain fell from the heavens, and hordes of weasels swarmed into my home. To save me, my father leapt into the flood. When I was seven, my grandfather took in five female disciples, and they all became my senior fellow disciples. My bizarre story begins with these five senior sisters. 2.5kReads8.6Score235Shelves
- 130 A Notice from Hell 来自地狱的通知书 I started out as an ordinary student who had just taken the college entrance exam. I was expecting my university acceptance letter and looking forward to a normal life, but that single letter changed everything and dragged me straight into hell. I was taking the bus home. When I got on, there wasn't a single person aboard. The locked door trembled faintly as a black cat bared its claws at the wooden umbrella swaying in front of it. Bloodstained footprints kept appearing on the floor, slowly draw 169Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 131 The Cunning Yin-Yang Doctor 阴人诡医 [Supernatural + Feng Shui + Fortune-Telling + Doctor + Witchcraft + Ghosts + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Qimen Bagua + Professions] To repay a debt of gratitude, I went against my grandfather’s dying wish. From then on, there was a strange doctor in the world, and I encountered countless extraordinary people. A human face that appears on your back at night, man-eating Gu insects, evil spirits with human faces and snake bodies. The wandering knife peddlers who sell their wares on credit, and the 167Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 132 Borrowing a Path Through the Yin Coffin 阴棺借道 In our area, strange tales of “the white coffin that carries people off” and “the rolling corpse bridge” have been passed down for generations. The elders say that a water ghost claims its victims at the rolling corpse bridge, while the white coffin that carries people off is even more eerie and sinister… 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 A Horror Game Has Arrived? I Hear It's Terrifying! 惊悚游戏降临？听说好可怕啊！ Horror Comedy + Supernatural + Infinite Worlds + No Female Lead + Internship System + Light Power Fantasy While Qin Feng was working diligently, a coworker told him that the horrifying game that had descended a few days earlier actually had a livestream. Was it really that scary? "Have you heard? The game is full of vicious ghosts." "Have you heard? The ghosts are ranked by level." "What levels?" "Scary, terrifying, dangerous, horrifying, nightmare, and hell." "That's all?" "What, there's more?" 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 My Wife Is Actually a Zombie 我的老婆竟是僵尸 The legends speak of eight kinds of Jiangshi: Purple Jiangshi: slow-moving, wreathed in purple energy. White Jiangshi: entirely white, afraid of light and fire. Green Jiangshi: unafraid of livestock, but afraid of sunlight. Hairy Jiangshi: covered in hair, unafraid of sunlight. Flying Jiangshi: skilled in magic, able to fly through the sky and burrow underground. Wandering Corpse: travels between the worlds of yin and yang, gathering the resentment of heaven and earth. Buried Corpse: imperishabl 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Starting as a City God, I Rule the Underworld 从城隍开始，地府我为尊 What is the Underworld, and what gives you the right to reward the good and punish the evil? What is the Underworld? Let me tell you right now! The wrongs you cannot redress, the Underworld will redress. The people you cannot deal with, the Underworld will deal with. The karma you cannot bear, the Underworld will bear. In one sentence: right and wrong are clear, and the truth shines bright! Rewarding the good and punishing the evil is sanctioned by the Great Dao. That is the Underworld. Is that 182Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 136 The Rampant Daoist 道猖 “Ever since the great calamity eighteen years ago, I have sworn a mighty vow: I will kill every ghost and monster under Heaven!” “Some people cultivate to the heavens, summon the Immortal Gate, and cross the Immortal Bridge, only to end up as food for those above. Kill every ghost and monster under Heaven? Hahaha! Absurd, absurd! Can you fight the sky? Can you fight the earth?” “My fate is mine to decide... not Heaven’s.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Dragon-Subduing Art 镇龙术 When I was born, my grandfather foresaw that I would face four great calamities in my life. To change my fate, he traded his life for mine. That day, a thousand white cranes circled overhead, escorting my grandfather to his final rest... 24Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 138 CEO Wife, Don’t Run! Your Taoist Priest Is Coming 总裁老婆你别跑，贫道来也 [Urban] + [Supernatural] + [Comedy] + [Cultivation] The Great Emperor of Fengdu is reborn to cultivate anew. In his previous life, he followed the Way of the Sword. In this life, he follows the Way of Being a Jerk! After marrying Su Qingxue, the eldest daughter of the Su family in Yunhai City, Li Yang starts causing trouble at every turn and acting like a complete scoundrel. He catches evil spirits, exorcises zombies, flirts with his wife, and gets up to all kinds of mischief... 5.3kReads8.8Score331Shelves
- 139 A Life Borrowed from the Yin Realm 借阴命 To keep me alive, my grandfather borrowed someone else’s life for me. Years later, that person’s descendants came seeking revenge... 190Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 140 Feng Shui Yin-Yang Master 风水阴阳师 "Born under the Emperor Ziwei's fate, with yin-yang eyes from birth." An extraordinary life is his destiny. He inherits his ancestors' feng shui arts. In the world of the mystic arts, yin flourishes while yang declines. A thousand-year plan awaits just one person. 1.2kReads7.1Score114Shelves
- 141 Patroller of the Living World 阳间巡逻人 Stories of spirit babies have circulated in the countryside of Sichuan and Chongqing for generations. When a baby dies, its lingering resentment can turn it into a ghost. Spirit babies were most common during the height of the one-child policy. As a child, I fed crows, which left me with an unusually strong aura of yin. Spirit babies often mistook me for one of their own, so someone later raised a ghost to protect me. On top of that, I have to work for the Underworld Bureau just to stay alive. 506Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 142 You Inherited a Taoist Temple, So You Adopted a Bunch of Female Demons? 让你继承道观，你收养一群女妖？ [Folkloric Cultivation + No System + No Mindless Protagonist] Xu Ping'an arrives in an unusual version of the Great Song after transmigrating with a family heirloom magical treasure. Here, wars rage and demons run rampant. Xu Ping'an was useless in every way, but he soon discovers that the treasure his grandfather left him has extraordinary powers... Slay a corpse dog, gain the demon’s immense strength! Slay a ghost-faced spider, gain the ability to spin webs! Slay a mountain Kui, gain the art o 2.7kReads8.3Score449Shelves
- 143 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Rule the Six Paths 灵气复苏：我执掌六道 After taking the college entrance exam and checking his results, Wu Shang fell into a coma. When he woke up again, he discovered he had transmigrated to a parallel world! Spiritual qi revival had transformed this world, ghosts and monsters ran rampant, and the natural order had collapsed. After awakening the Six Paths of Reincarnation System, he learned that whatever he wrote became heavenly law. All things under heaven would become the words he put to paper! Slay ghosts and monsters, raise his 10Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 144 The Immortal Healer's Disciple 仙道医徒 A strange experience gave Gao Haoshen not only the immortal roots of the Bai family’s healing arts, but also the medical formulas left behind by Hua Tuo and the legacy of the Yuanhua Sect. From then on, he embarked on the path of an immortal healer, with luxury cars and beautiful women within easy reach. The world’s richest man sent a private jet to bring him in for treatment, the Saudi royal family wanted him as their imperial physician, and an American medical university wanted him to become i 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Food Delivery for Ghosts: Leave Me a Bad Review and I'll Hammer You to Tears! 给鬼送外卖：敢给差评锤哭你！ [Supernatural + Hilarious + Great Villain + Wild Imagination] In an age when the bizarre ran rampant, Shen Lang had just gotten out of prison when he unexpectedly awakened the Great Villain Role-Playing System, which was supposed to help him adjust to his new life. Middle-Aged Pervert Ghost: “Is there no law anymore? I didn’t give the hotpot place a good review, and he’s going to beat me into a vengeful ghost hotpot?” Schoolgirl Sadako: “Waaah, I didn’t give him a good review, so he ripped out m 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 146 Blood Wedding 血嫁 Ever since I received a strange hundred-yuan bill, every wedding I attend ends in bloodshed. The grooms have their throats slit, their blood splattering across the brides’ white gowns. Ten couples have died for no apparent reason, and I’m the only one who has seen the killer: the Grim Reaper, holding a scythe... A cold and aloof fiancé appears out of nowhere. A mysterious exorcist hides in a coffee shop. Strange supernatural incidents pull me into a terrifying, thrilling spiral. At last, the da 961Reads8.6Score121Shelves
- 147 The Book of Buried Ghosts 葬诡经 Most people know about Thailand's black magic, but few realize that China's own Jiangmen tradition is the true source of all such sorcery. As the saying goes: “A master of sorcery has no ancestors in the Southern Seas; reverence for the Three Teachings is the true tradition.” Let me tell you all about the Chinese sorcerers and their craft… 3.2kReads8.4Score410Shelves
- 148 A Female Teacher’s Everyday Ghostbusting 女先生的捉鬼日常 The world is vast, and strange things abound. There are countless crafts and trades, and none is unique. Good and evil, righteousness and wickedness coexist. Mu Qing is just the owner of a little paper effigy shop, yet she finds herself drawn into one predicament after another. Who is it, throwing her world into chaos? 19Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 149 Master Coffin 棺爷 My godfather died under mysterious circumstances. His body was cut into more than two thousand pieces. After the burial, Eighth Master took me on as his disciple! I inherited the Coffin Master's legacy! 351Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 150 The Last Disciple of the Daoist Sect 最后一个道门弟子 When I was born, all the ghosts bowed to the ancestral shrine. My family was burdened by a curse that weighed heavily on me. Then, when I was sixteen, my grandfather died under mysterious circumstances, and my uncle vanished without a trace. It all began with that curse... 531Reads6.8Score100Shelves
